Number of fatal work injuries, 1992–2011
Number of fatal work injuries
9,000
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
6,217 6,331
6,632
6,238
6,275
6,202
6,055
6,054
5,915
5,575
5,920
5,534
4,000
5,764 5,734 5,840
5,657
5,214
4,690 4,693
4,551
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
The 2011 total of 4,693 fatal work injuries represents a slight increase from the 4,690 fatal work
injuries reported for 2010.
NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatal work injuries resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.
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Rate of fatal work injuries, 2006–2011
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
5
4.2
4
4.0
3.7
3.5
3.6
3.5
2009
2010
2011
3
2
1
0
2006
2007
2008
The rate of fatal work injuries in 2011 was 3.5 fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent
workers, down from 3.6 in 2010.
NOTE: Rate = (Fatal work injuries/Total hours worked by all workers) x 200,000,000 where 200,000,000 = base for 100,000 full-time equivalent workers (FTEs) working 40
hours per week, 50 weeks per year. The total hours worked figures are annual average estimates of total at work multiplied by average hours for civilians, 16 years of age
and older, from the Current Population Survey (CPS).
In 2008, CFOI implemented a new methodology, using hours worked for fatal work injury rate calculations rather than employment. For additional information on the fatal
work injury rate methodology changes please see http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, and U.S. Census Bureau, 2013.
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Number of fatal work injuries, by state, 2011
WA
(60)
MT
(49)
OR
(58)
ID
(37)
NV
(38)
CA
(390)
WY
(32)
UT
(39)
AZ
(69)
ME
(26)
ND
(44)
MN
(60)
SD
(31)
IA
(93)
NE
(39)
CO
(92)
NM
(52)
KS
(78)
OK
(86)
TX
(433)
AK
(39)
WI
(89)
IL
(177)
MO
(132)
NY
(206)
MI
(141)
OH
(155)
IN
(125)
KY
(93)
PA
(186)
WV
(43)
TN
(120)
AR
(93)
MS
(63)
AL
(75)
VA
(127)
VT(8)
NH(9)
MA(68)
RI(7)
CT(37)
NJ(99)
DE(10)
MD(71)
DC(9)
NC
(148)
SC
(81)
GA
(111)
LA
(111)
FL
(226)
HI
(26)
No Change in 2011
Decreased in 2011
Increased in 2011
Twenty-four states had more fatal injuries in 2011 than in 2010. Twenty-two states and the
District of Columbia had fewer fatal workplace injuries in 2011 compared to 2010. Four states
saw no change between the two years.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.
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Fatal occupational injuries by major event, 2011
Fires and explosions 3%
Total=4,693
Exposure to harmful
substances or environments
9%
Falls, slips, trips
15%
Falls to lower level
12%
Struck by object
or equipment
10%
Contact with objects
and equipment
15%
Transportation
incidents
41%
Roadway incidents
24%
Homicides
10%
Violence and other injuries
by persons or animals 17%
More fatal work injuries resulted from transportation incidents than from any other event.
Roadway incidents alone accounted for nearly one out of every four fatal work injuries in 2011.
NOTE: Event data for 2011 are not comparable to prior years due to the implementation of the revised Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01.
See https://www.bls.gov/iif/osh_notice11.htm. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.
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Fatal falls to lower level by height of fall, 2011
25%
Percent of fatal falls
to lower level
20%
21%
Total=553
18%
15%
14%
10%
10%
12%
11%
8%
5%
6%
0%
Less than 6
6 to 10
11 to 15
16 to 20
21 to 25
26 to 30
More than 30 Unspecified
Height of fall (in feet)
In 2011, falls to lower level accounted for 553 fatal work injuries. Of those cases
where height of fall was known, 57 percent involved falls of 20 feet or less.
NOTE: Event data for 2011 are not comparable to prior years due to the implementation of the revised Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01.
See https://www.bls.gov/iif/osh_notice11.htm. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.
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Fatal transportation incidents by type, 2011
Rail vehicle incidents 3%
Water vehicle
incidents
4%
Other 1%
Total=1,937
Aircraft
incidents
7%
Nonroadway
incidents 11%
Pedestrian vehicular
incidents
16%
Roadway collision
with other vehicle
27%
Roadway incidents
57%
Roadway incidents accounted for the greatest number of work-related transportation fatalities. Of these,
525 deaths resulted from a roadway collision with another vehicle. Pedestrian vehicular incidents
constituted the second greatest number of transportation-related fatal injuries.
NOTE: Event data for 2011 are not comparable to prior years due to the implementation of the revised Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01.
See https://www.bls.gov/iif/osh_notice11.htm. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.
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How workers died in multiple-fatality incidents, 2011
Total workers = 357
Other
17%
Roadway incidents
26%
Fires and explosions
10%
Aircraft incidents
20%
Homicides
14%
All other
transportation
incidents
12%
Transportation incidents
(59%)
Transportation incidents accounted for nearly three out of five workers killed in multiple-fatality events.
Homicides accounted for the second greatest number of workers lost in multiple-fatality incidents.
NOTE: Event data for 2011 are not comparable to prior years due to the implementation of the revised Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01.
See https://www.bls.gov/iif/osh_notice11.htm. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.
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Fatal work injuries and hours worked, by gender of worker, 2011
Females
(8%)
Females
(43%)
Males
(92%)
Fatal work injuries = 4,693
Males
(57%)
Hours worked = 258,293,285,000
A disproportionate share of fatal work injuries involved men relative to their hours worked in 2011.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, and Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2013.
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Distribution of fatal injury events, by gender of worker, 2011
Roadway incidents
23%
Homicides
14%
15%
Contact with
objects and equipment
8%
Exposure to
harmful substances or
environments
Fires and explosions
0%
20%
9%
Falls, slips, trips
27%
6%
16%
Females = 385
Males = 4,308
9%
2%
3%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
Percent of fatal work injuries within gender
30%
A higher percentage of fatal work injuries involving women resulted from roadway incidents and
homicides as compared to men. A higher percentage of fatal work injuries involving men resulted
from contact with objects and equipment and exposure to harmful substances or environments.
NOTE: Event data for 2011 are not comparable to prior years due to the implementation of the revised Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01.
See https://www.bls.gov/iif/osh_notice11.htm. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.
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Work-related homicides by gender of decedent and assailant type, 2011
40%
38%
36%
35%
30%
Females = 78
25%
Males = 390
27%
22%
20%
14%
15%
12%
12%
10%
5%
6%
11%
13%
6%
2%
0%
Relative or
Student, patient, Inmate, detainee, Coworker or work
domestic partner or customer/ client or suspect not yet
associate
apprehended
Other assailant
Robber
For women, assailants were most likely to be relatives. Of these, nearly all were spouses or domestic
partners. Robbers were the most common type of work-related homicide assailant for men and the
second-most common for women.
NOTE: Event data for 2011 are not comparable to prior years due to the implementation of the revised Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01.
See https://www.bls.gov/iif/osh_notice11.htm. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.
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Number of fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers, 1997-2011
Number of fatal work injuries
1,200
1,000
895
815
800
658
600
279
707
302
730
262
323
321
841
263
902
794
306
923
285
990
937
323
303
274
804
713
707
284
266
429
441
301
749
237
400
200
379
405
468
494
572
578
520
596
638
667
634
503
512
0
Foreign born
Native born
Fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers increased in 2011 after four consecutive
years of decline. Sixty-eight percent of fatally-injured Hispanic or Latino workers in 2011 were born
outside of the United States.
NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatal work injuries resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.
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Fatal injuries involving foreign-born workers,
by country or region of birth, 2011
Canada
Australia and Oceania
1%
2%
Africa
3%
Total= 843
South America
4%
Caribbean
10%
Mexico
41%
Europe
10%
Central America,
except Mexico
11%
Asia
18%
Workers born in Mexico accounted for the largest portion (41 percent) of foreign-born workers
who died from work-related injuries in the United States in 2011.
NOTE: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.
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Fatal work injury rates, by age group, 2011
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
12.0
11.0
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
All worker fatal work
injury rate = 3.5
3.0
2.9
2.5
2.4
20 to 24
years
25 to 34
years
3.8
4.4
2.0
0.0
18 to 19
years
35 to 44
years
45 to 54
years
55 to 64
years
65 years and
older
Fatal work injury rates for workers 45 years of age and older were higher than the overall U.S. rate, and
the rate for workers 65 years of age and older was more than 3 times the rate for all workers.
NOTE: Fatal injury rates exclude workers under the age of 16 years, volunteers, and resident military. For additional information on the fatal work injury rate methodology
changes please see https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.
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Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries, by industry sector, 2011
Transportation and warehousing
749
Construction
Agriculture, forestry, fishing
and hunting
15.3
738
Government
Professional and business services
Manufacturing
Retail trade
Leisure and hospitality
Wholesale trade
Other services (exc. public admin.)
9.1
24.9
566
505
2.2
433
2.9
327
2.2
268
1.9
231
2.2
190
183
Mining
155
Educational and health services
154
Financial activities
Information
Utilities
750
4.9
Total fatal work injuries = 4,693
All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.5
500
250
Number of fatal work injuries
3.0
15.9
0.8
98
1.1
56
1.9
39
4.2
0
30
10
20
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
Transportation and warehousing surpassed construction in having the highest number of fatal injuries in
2011. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector had the highest fatal work injury rate.
NOTE: All industries shown are private with the exception of government, which includes fatal injuries to workers employed by governmental organizations regardless of
industry. Fatal injury rates exclude workers under the age of 16 years, volunteers, and resident military. The number of fatal work injuries represents total published fatal
injuries before the exclusions. For additional information on the fatal work injury rate methodology changes please see https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.
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Fatal injuries involving contractors, by industry of contracting establishment, 2011
Government
2%
9%
9%
Construction
3% 23%
21%
Financial activities
11%
Trade, transportation, and utilities
11%
Manufacturing
8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
6%
Leisure and hospitality
6%
Mining
Total=542
Ownership:
Private sector
5%
Federal government
Professional and business services
3%
State government
Other services, (exc. public admin.)
3%
Local government
Information
Education and health services
Other government*
2%
1%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
Percent of contractor fatal work injuries
Contractors accounted for 12 percent of all fatal work injuries in 2011. The largest share, 23 percent,
of contractors were contracted by a government entity at the time of the fatal injury. Another 21
percent of contracted workers were killed while contracted in the private construction industry.
* Includes unspecified government workers or government workers outside federal, state, and local governments.
NOTE: In 2011, the CFOI program began collecting contractor data to capture decedents who were working as contractors at the time of the fatal incident.
Industry refers to the firm contracting the decedent. All industries shown are private with the exception of government, which includes fatal injuries to workers
contracted by governmental organizations regardless of industry. See https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfdef.htmfor more information.
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SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.
Fatal occupational injuries in the private sector mining industry, 2003–2011
Number of fatal work injuries
250
192
200
150
100
141
56
152
159
54
61
67
183
61
176
172
155
56
65
43
107
112
2010
2011
99
31
50
85
98
98
2003
2004
2005
125
122
120
68
0
2006
2007
Oil and gas extraction industries
2008
2009
All other mining
Fatal work injuries in the private mining industry decreased by 10 percent in 2011 after increasing the previous
year from a series low in 2009. Fatalities in the oil and gas industry accounted for 72 percent of the fatal work
injuries in the mining sector in 2011.
NOTE: Oil and gas extraction industries include oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21111), drilling oil and gas wells (NAICS 213111), and support activities
for oil and gas operations (NAICS 213112).
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.
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Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries, by major civilian occupation group, 2011
Transportation and material moving
Construction and extraction
Service
Management, business, and finance
Installation, maintenance, and repair
1,233
15.5
798
11.9
692
3.2
497
2.2
354
7.1
Farming, fishing, and forestry
261
Professional and related
247
Sales and related
240
Production
222
Office and administrative support
1,260
25.3
0.8
Total fatal work injuries = 4,693
1.7 All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.5
2.8
91
840
420
Number of fatal work injuries
0.6
0
10
20
30
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
Although transportation and material moving occupations had the highest number of fatal work injuries in
2011, the major occupational group with the highest fatal work injury rate was farming, fishing, and
forestry occupations.
NOTE: Fatal injury rates exclude workers under the age of 16 years, volunteers, and resident military. The number of fatal work injuries represents total published fatal injuries
before the exclusions. For additional information on the fatal work injury rate methodology changes please see https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.
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SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.
Some of the published fatal occupational injuries, injury rates, and the total hours worked for selected occupations, industries, and a
race/ethnic origin category were improperly calculated for 2006 to 2015. For details on the affected rates and products, please visit
www.bls.gov/bls/errata/cfoi-errata-2016.htm. This chart has been revised with the corrected figures.
Occupations with high fatal work injury rates, 2011
127.3
Fishers and related fishing workers
42
104.0
Logging workers
65
56.1
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
Refuse and recyclable material collectors
71
36.4
Roofers
30
32.0
Structural iron and steel workers
27.1
Farmers, ranchers, and other
agricultural managers
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
26.1
60
Total fatal work injuries = 4,693
All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.5
18
268
24.5
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
774
19.7
Electrical power-line installers
and repairers
64
26
19.5
150
100
50
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
0
300
600
900
Number of fatal work injuries
Fatal work injury rates were high for fishers, logging workers, and aircraft pilots and flight
engineers in 2011.
NOTE: Fatal injury rates exclude workers under the age of 16 years, volunteers, and resident military. The number of fatal work injuries represents total published fatal injuries
before the exclusions. For additional information on the fatal work injury rate methodology changes please see https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.
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SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.